veho

Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Italic *weɣō, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from the root *weǵʰ- (“to ride”).

Cognate with Arcadocypriot Greek ϝέχω (wékhō), Sanskrit वहति (vahati), Persian وز (væz), Old English wegan.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.hoː/, [ˈu̯e(ɦ)oː]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.o/, [ˈvɛːo]

Verb

vehō (present infinitive vehere, perfect active vexī, supine vectum); third conjugation

1. I carry, bear, convey, transport
2. (passive voice) I ride; I am borne.

Usage notes

• May be used to mean carried by a person, riding a horse, ferried by ship, and many other means of conveyance. Uses ablative of means.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vehō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vehō	vehis	vehit	vehimus	vehitis	vehunt
	imperfect	vehēbam	vehēbās	vehēbat	vehēbāmus	vehēbātis	vehēbant
	future	veham	vehēs	vehet	vehēmus	vehētis	vehent
	perfect	vexī	vexistī	vexit	veximus	vexistis	vexērunt, vexēre
	pluperfect	vexeram	vexerās	vexerat	vexerāmus	vexerātis	vexerant
	future perfect	vexerō	vexeris	vexerit	vexerimus	vexeritis	vexerint
passive	present	vehor	veheris, vehere	vehitur	vehimur	vehiminī	vehuntur
	imperfect	vehēbar	vehēbāris, vehēbāre	vehēbātur	vehēbāmur	vehēbāminī	vehēbantur
	future	vehar	vehēris, vehēre	vehētur	vehēmur	vehēminī	vehentur
	perfect	vectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	veham	vehās	vehat	vehāmus	vehātis	vehant
	imperfect	veherem	veherēs	veheret	veherēmus	veherētis	veherent
	perfect	vexerim	vexerīs	vexerit	vexerīmus	vexerītis	vexerint
	pluperfect	vexissem	vexissēs	vexisset	vexissēmus	vexissētis	vexissent
passive	present	vehar	vehāris, vehāre	vehātur	vehāmur	vehāminī	vehantur
	imperfect	veherer	veherēris, veherēre	veherētur	veherēmur	veherēminī	veherentur
	perfect	vectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vehe	—	—	vehite	—
	future	—	vehitō	vehitō	—	vehitōte	vehuntō
passive	present	—	vehere	—	—	vehiminī	—
	future	—	vehitor	vehitor	—	—	vehuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vehere	vexisse	vectūrum esse	vehī	vectum esse	vectum īrī
participles		vehēns	—	vectūrus	—	vectus	vehendus, vehundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vehendī	vehendō	vehendum	vehendō	vectum	vectū

Synonyms

• (carry, bear): ferō, portō, vectō

Derived terms

• advehō
• convehō
• ēvehō
• invehō

• prōvehō
• subvehō
• trānsvehō
• vectis

• vectō
• vector
• vehiculum
• veterīnus

Descendants

• → Ido: vehar

References

• “veho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “veho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• veho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to drive: curru vehi, in rheda (Mil. 21. 55)
    
  • to ride: equo vehi